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Managing Epilepsy in Patients with Intellectual Disability

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Created 2016-07-06 16:42
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"This group will have a higher likelihood of communication problems and other issues that make it more difficult to be treated than patients with a higher IQ, and they tend to have more behavioral issues," Scott Hirsch, MD, a neuropsychiatrist at NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and assistant professor in the departments of neurology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Neurology Advisor.

 

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